Load supporting pallet



Aug. 10, 1948. B. c. COIT, JR 2,446,634

LOAD SUPPORTING PALLET Filed Nov. 1'4, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR. 5u/2ro/v C. Carr, JP.

Aug. 10, 1948. B. c. COIT, JR I LOAD SUPPORTING PALLET Filed Nov. 14, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 6 S F ii 11 to 22 22 22 if 16 22 2o 22 6 7 7 6 v JO jf gnnnn/lQ/nnnnnolnd lnoo z ll J0 1o INVENTOR. BURTON (LI-Corr, J2 BY 4kg 5Z2! Patented Aug. 10, 1948 Loan SUPPORTING PALLET Burton 0. Colt, Jr., Washington, Pa., assignor to Tri-State Engineering Company, Washington, Pa., a corporation of Maryland Application November 14, 1947, Serial No. 785,947

This invention relates to pallets that are transportable by fork lifting trucks and are adapted for carrying loads either for transportation or for stacking in warehouses, in freight cars or the like.

My invention has for one 'of' its objects the provision of a pallet structure wherein the legs are made of rods or heavy wire but which, nevertheless, have sufficiently extended bearing and supporting areas at their upper and lower ends to adequately support and brace the pallet deck and base, notwithstanding the relatively small crosssectional area of the legs, throughout the major portion of the space between the deck and its base, this small cross-sectional area being useful in that it presents a minimum of obstruction to lifting forks.

Another object of my invention is to provide a pallet structure wherein mesh strips are employed for the base, with an improved manner for connecting the base strips that extend in one direction to the base strips that extend in directions generally crosswise thereof.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of the pallet; Fig. 21s a side view thereof; Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view showing the mannet in which rods or heavy wires are assembled to form the legs.

The pallet has a deck portion formed of longitudinally-extending wires or rods 6 to which are welded transversely-extending wires I. Stiffening rods 8 are welded to the undersides of the wires I. The wires 6, 1 and 8 together form a truss that will effectively resist bending under loads carried by the deck. The deck wires may suitably be #2 gauge, certain of the wires being bent to curved form asshown at Ill-ll to not only stiffen and strengthen the deck at such 10- cations but also to avoid exposed sheared ends of the wires at those points, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

Base strips l3 extend transversely of the deck and are formed of wires ll, l5 and it which are entered between the upper wires I4 and the lower wires i6 of the adjacent strips i3 and welded thereto, as shown more clearly in Fig. l. The corners of the base strips is will be curved as at 22 and 23, to give a smooth comer finish, as at [0 and II.

5 Claims. (G1. 248-120) w I The legs are each formed of rod-like elements 25 bent to somewhat c-form. These may suitably be of'#4-0 gauge. The leg elements 2| are shown as arranged in groups of four, but obviously other multiples could be used. The elements of each group are welded together at their vertical mid portions, for a vertical distance of approximately three inches, the laterally-bent upper and lower ends of the leg elements being welded'to the deck and the base strips, respectively. The extended upper and lower portions of th legs serve to stiffen and brace the deck and the base strips against bending or deformation under loads, and the compactly-arranged vertical portions of each group of leg elements results in little impinge directly against the legs, thereby reducing danger of injury to the legs.

While the drawing shows simply a pallet, it will be understood that the pallet deck can be used in connection with crates having their side and end walls connected to the deck, as shown for example in my application Ser. No. 697,507,

tended in various generally horizontal directions I and welded to the adjacent surfaces of the deck and the base, respectively.

2. A pallet having a deck and a base, and legs interposed between the deck and the base, the

legs being of rod-like form, with their upper ends bent to extend in horizontal directions and welded to. the deck, the lower ends of the legs being secured to the base.

3. A pallet having a deck sheet formed of wires in relatively crossed relation and welded to one another, the wires at the corners of the deck being extended and bent to curved form, in a plane parallel to the plane of the sheet.

4. A pallet having a deck sheet formed of wires in relatively crossed relation and welded to one another, base strips of welded wire mesh, and legs connecting the base strips to the deck sheet, the

wires at the corners or the deck and the base thereto. the lower ends or the legs hem: welded strips being extended and bent to curved tom. in to the base strips.

planes parallel to the planes of the deck and. the BURTON c. coir. JR. base strips. i

5 A pellet comprising a. deck, leg members sups REFERENCES CITED 7, porting the deck, base strips extending in par- The following references are of record in the ali-ellsm with one another, and each comprising file of this patent: upper and lower sales of, parallel wires with an I intermediate series 0! wires crosswise thereof and STATES PATENTS welder! thereto,'and other base strips of wire mesh 10 Number Name Date tormextending laterally of the first-named strip's. ,6 8,4 Romine Oct. 23, 1928 and with certain ot'their wires projected between 2,888,730 Fallert Nov. 13, 1945 7 m upper and lower series of wires and welded 0,2 Arthur V- 4.1947 

